108 mins |
Rated
TBC (Coarse language)
Directed by Noah Hutton
Starring Frank Wood, Arliss Howard, Dora Madison, Ivory Aquino, Dean Imperial, Madeline Wise, Babe Howard, James McDaniel
Having multiple jobs is common in today’s economy, with side hustle after side hustle surfacing in the precarious workforce landscape. In Noah Hutton’s too close for comfort Lapsis, we get a glimpse of what could be with big conglomerates, competition in the job market, and automation.
Ray (Dean Imperial) is a courier who looks after his ailing brother Jamie (Babe Howard). When Jamie has the opportunity to be treated for a strain of chronic fatigue called Omnia, Ray decides to take an extra job laying cable for Quantum, a corporation cornering the market in the world of technology. With giant cubes plotted out in the wilderness as the starting point, workers lay thousands of feet of cable to keep the company access growing. It can be a lucrative job, but there is also the threat of automation. Little robots called carts may usurp your designated route, laying more cable faster and canceling your earnings. A tough guy with a big heart from Queens, Ray is clearly out of his element, and he the ropes through trial and error and the help from other cablers, but he soon finds there is much more to his user or “trail” name since he finds out it belonged to someone else. Amidst his confusion and some clues from a fellow cabler Anna (Madeline Wise), Ray must tackle this mystery for his livelihood and a larger purpose....
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Having multiple jobs is common in today’s economy, with side hustle after side hustle surfacing in the precarious workforce landscape. In Noah Hutton’s too close for comfort Lapsis, we get a glimpse of what could be with big conglomerates, competition in the job market, and automation.
Ray (Dean Imperial) is a courier who looks after his ailing brother Jamie (Babe Howard). When Jamie has the opportunity to be treated for a strain of chronic fatigue called Omnia, Ray decides to take an extra job laying cable for Quantum, a corporation cornering the market in the world of technology. With giant cubes plotted out in the wilderness as the starting point, workers lay thousands of feet of cable to keep the company access growing. It can be a lucrative job, but there is also the threat of automation. Little robots called carts may usurp your designated route, laying more cable faster and canceling your earnings. A tough guy with a big heart from Queens, Ray is clearly out of his element, and he the ropes through trial and error and the help from other cablers, but he soon finds there is much more to his user or “trail” name since he finds out it belonged to someone else. Amidst his confusion and some clues from a fellow cabler Anna (Madeline Wise), Ray must tackle this mystery for his livelihood and a larger purpose....